Facilities in the College

LIBRARY

The College Library came into existence with the college in 1965. The first
library was in a small room No.20 in the main building. Ground floor was added
to library block to be used as reading room, the Eastern end room being used for
a class. Later, a small block of two rooms to house the library was built at the
site the entire ground floor came to be used by the library department. In
2000 the new Library building was constructed at Upstairs of Thiyana Mandabam
under UGC IX plan.

Now the library has very good collections in disciplines. The number of books as on date is 55767.

The divisions and subdivisions of the sections of human knowledge are indicated
by the addition of one, two, three, four, or more digits to the right of the
fundamental one, always in the decimal order. Thus under 5 (Natural Sciences),
51 stands for Mathematics, 52 for Astronomy, 53 for Physics, 54 for Chemistry,
etc. Again, under 8 (Literature), 820 stands for English Literature, 821 for
English Poetry, 823 English Fiction, 824 for English Prose. 822.33 for
Shakespeare, etc.

Besides this subject-classification number common to all the books of a group,
each book is given an ordinal number according to the alphabetical order of the
authors’ names in each section. The two numbers together indicate the book
required. Authorless books are put at the end of their section. It may be
pointed out that an exception is made for Tamil where the Titles are
alphabetically arranged.

WORKING HOURS OF THE LIBRARY

Our College Library is open on all working days and Staturdays from 8.30 am to
5.30 pm.